Watermelon Thanks....

It is the last week of the Summer of Colour

and the last week when I will be using a drawing to do double duty 

with Sunday Sketches

and it is the last week of Winter break

so all in all next week is looking a bit more like a normal sort of a week

which is a good thing sometimes...

The final prompt was a delicious looking one

watermelon ice

and I found watermelon Vans

which are most likely not delicious

but they looked so perfect that I had to paint them

and thanks to Lisa for suggesting the other week 

that I should be looking at shoes for inspiration

genius idea!!!

and though I have possibly made these shoes chronically unhip

probably just typing unhip is unhip

but apologies to all surfer/ skater types who wear these

mind you I doubt very much that any of them will ever know about this post

so maybe apologies aren't needed

and I could take this opportunity to trash them mercilessly 

for their dress sense and all the long straggly hair

I mean haven't they heard of conditioner????

but Dude that would be uncool and I would be showing my age

so I won't do that....

The Summer of Colour has provided such a wide variety of inspiration

which has been a great push to my boundaries

and I have loved finding new blogs to follow

it has been an inspiring and fun time

though it has gone by so quick

which is freaking me out a bit

because now I am feeling old

because that is what older people say isn't it

time goes by in a flash and all that

very worrying indeed....

So I am taking a bit of time out to say some thank you's

Thanks to Kristin at Twinkle Twinkle for hosting

and picking my name out for the ice cream spoon

which I hide in my studio so no one else uses it by the way

and a huge thank you to all my new followers

and to all the people who have taken time to comment

you are all appreciated...

As are all my friends at Sunday Sketches 

who have been putting up with all my double dipping

and are always supportive and insightful

and is a great place to share your drawings and sketches

with a group of people who are very generous with their time and thoughts

I just love the bloggerverse don't you....xx

PS... The lovely Liz over at Gumnut Inspirations 

has just published an interview with me... which is a thrill and a half

If you are interested you can find it here

as well as lots of great stuff to explore on her website... xx

So here are the last few in case you have been busy...

Saviour Soap and Dream Bars...

Temptation Teabag Teapots....